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Ian Capper
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Coverack Coverack is located on the Lizard Peninsula on south coast of Cornwall. It is a rural shingle beach approximately 790...
Mat Fascione 
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Llanddona Beach
Tom Jolliffe
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Sedgwell Cove
Danrok
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Plemont Beach
Bob Parkes
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East Wittering Beach
Sarah Charlesworth
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Constantine Bay Constantine Bay beach is situated about 900 meters west of Constantine Bay.
Des Colhoun
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Lossiemouth East Beach
Steve Daniels 
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Crinnis Beach
Derek Harper
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Paignton Preston Sands
Dylan Moore
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Gwbert Beach
Stacey Harris
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Dymchurch Martello Tower Beach
Bill Boaden 
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Aber Forrest
Oast House Archive 
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Dymchurch North Beach
Michael Murray
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Trevaunance Cove Trevaunance Cove is on the north coast of Cornwall. It is a sand and rock beach resort, approximately 250 metres wide...
Jonathan Billinger
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Sandgate Sandgate is a resort beach in the western outskirts of Folkestone, Kent. It is situated at the northern edge of Hythe...
Rick Ryder
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Westgate West Bay
Ulrich Hartmann
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Portholland Beach Portholland Beach is 3 kilometers north east of Veryan in the county of Cornwall.
David and Rachel Landin
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Heacham Heacham North Beach is part of an extensive beach line which stretches north from the mudflats at Snettisham, up the ...
Chris Gunns
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Duporth Duporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach, approximately 450 metres wide, backed...
Gordon Griffiths 
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Dymchurch Dymchurch is a resort beach situated along a 20 kilometre stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches fr...
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